Gold Shaw Farm demonstrates a space-efficient method for cold-stratifying and sprouting chestnut trees using simple utility buckets.

There are signs of spring across the gardens here at Chestnut Tree House – daffodils have appeared and we’re looking forward to getting back out into the grounds as the weather improves.

During the American Revolutionary War, the Sons of Liberty often convened under the nation’s original Liberty Tree in Boston ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, ...

Recorded since March 16, 1818, this event symbolically marks the arrival of spring at the end of the lake. “The date of March 5 is in line with observations in recent years, where the first leaf has ...

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests. The tree was functionally extinct by the 1950s because of a fungal ...

WASHINGTON — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, they're ...

Scientists Say Genetic Analysis Could Greatly Speed Restoration of Iconic American Chestnut WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in ...

At 10 a.m., Friday, March 6 the Friends of Silvermont in conjunction with the Transylvania County 250 Celebration Committee will be planting two American Chestnut Trees in Silvermont Park and ...

An Instagram influencer and other experts say bonsai, the Japanese art of cultivating small trees, can be a tool of ...